In an alternate universe, the NCAA tournament is decided trial-by-combat style, with each school's mascot serving as its champion. Mascot basketball, as we all know, is the sport at its purest form.

Drake University’s beloved live mascot, Griff II, won’t attend when the Bulldogs take on Missouri in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. NCAA regulations bar the English ...

The NCAA men's and women's tournaments are ... do not have school-sanctioned mascots. Ole Miss, in the tournament for the ...

IT’S CALLING FOR THE NCAA TO CHANGE ITS RULES TO ALLOW LIVE MASCOTS INTO EARLIER ROUNDS OF THE TOURNAMENT. AND AT LAST, CHECK MOR The Drake University men's basketball team is going dancing this ...

Sports Illustrated released its list of the top mascots in the 2025 NCAA tournament. Michigan State's Sparty mascot was created in 1955. The University of Michigan has never had an official mascot ...

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves. Furry, animated characters used as ...

As the regular season came to a close and the Big Ten Tournament began ... t get any crazier, the NCAA now finally plans to address the inequity between athletes and mascots in college sports.

But if mascot madness makes you happy ... tournament and bracket scoring works is the first step to success. The NCAA tournaments start with fields of 68 teams that were announced Sunday evening.

Here's what to know about Murray State baseball as the Racers compete in the Durham Super Regional of the NCAA Tournament vs.